Superficial Grooming

What can I say about today...it was pretty standard. Nothing too big to report. The ventilator settings remained the same for the day, which is good. At least we did not go back up from the other day. Hopefully tomorrow we can go down another step. That is the plan according to the NNP when I spoke with her earlier today. We are still at 23cc's and hopefully we can go up some more. He isn't leaving much if any residual, so it should be pretty easy to move him up. Luke seems to be tolerating his feeds nicely. He was still doing his "desatting" and brady, but not as much as we were the past 2 days. I am still praying for him to get stronger and heal some of his lungs so the transition will be soon from ventilator to the next step. When Melody (his favorite nurse) got there tonight she made him lay on his back looking straight up, and if you know Luke this is his LEAST favorite position ( 3rd picture). However it had to be done, the kid is starting to have a toaster head as they call it. He refuses to look straight up so he is always on the side of his head, leaving the sides flat. We also had some special tape added to his ears which is present in the first two pictures. This is precautionary as we prevent the Watson ears. If you are a Watson you know what I am referring too. Sometimes they are sticking straight out since there is hardly any cartilage yet. I would just like to train them early if possible. The last picture is of Luke and his new BFF that he has yet to meet, his new cousin Quin. I am told they look a like, however I don't can't really tell with all the tape on his face. That was pretty much his day, mostly superficial grooming took place. I am praying that tomorrow we can take the vent settings down again, and move closer to getting off the vent.

Jordan